Improved bracket-basket for railroad-cars



L L. HOWARD.

Bracket Basket for Railroad Cars.

Patented May 25, 1869.

Inventor:

Witnesses:

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JAMES L. HOWARD, OF HARTFORRCONNECT'ICUT.

Letters Patent No. 90,543, dated May 25, 1869.

IMPROVED BRACKET-BASKET FOR RAILROAD-CARS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

'To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES L. HOWARD, of Hartford, in the county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented celtain new and useful Improvements in Bracket-Baskets for Railroad-Oars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whereby a person skilled in the art can make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists in attaching cords or rods to the under side of bracket-baskets in railroad-cars, for the purpose of holding hats or other articles, and in so constructing the brackets at the ends of the baskets that the cords orrods can be attached to them in the proper position.

In the drawingsa. b and 0 cl are cords, extending from the bracket M to the bracket N, under the intervening net-work O, which is intended to support packages and small articles of baggage. V

The brackets M and N are provided with a part which lies in the proper position for the cords, and which has holes or sockets at a b o (1', into which the cords or their equivalents are secured.

The cords are intended to be used in the same manner as those now frequently placed at the top of the car and supported at intervals by staples or guides.

The advantages of my invention are that it can be used in all cars that are provided with bracket-baskets, and that the cords are brought into a more accessible position than has hitherto been done.

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What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the bracketbasket, made'substantially as described, with the cords described, or their equivalents, the whole constructed, arranged, and operating as and for the purposes described.

JAMES L. HOWARD. Witnesses:

ALBERT L. BURKE, B. L. HOWARD. 

